AMD Radeon HD 8750M vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 8750M and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 8750M

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1536 MB
  • 2x more memory clock speed: 4000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Launch date 26 February 2013 vs 9 November 2010
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1536 MB
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz vs 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

  • 2.5x more core clock speed: 1544 MHz vs 620 MHz
  • 2.7x more texture fill rate: 49.4 billion / sec vs 18.6 GTexel / s
  • Around 33% higher pipelines: 512 vs 384
  • 2.7x better floating-point performance: 1,581.1 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
  • 4.5x better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 4630 vs 1022
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 490 vs 200
  • 2.6x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 15182 vs 5884
  • 4.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 40.048 vs 8.274
  • 3.2x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 872.651 vs 271.177
  • 2.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.338 vs 1.505
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 32.378 vs 24.834
  • Around 87% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 132.363 vs 70.596
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 5953 vs 1734
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 3717 vs 2221
  • 3.4x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 5953 vs 1734
  • Around 67% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 3717 vs 2221
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1544 MHz vs 620 MHz
Texture fill rate 49.4 billion / sec vs 18.6 GTexel / s
Pipelines 512 vs 384
Floating-point performance 1,581.1 gflops vs 595.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 4630 vs 1022
PassMark - G2D Mark 490 vs 200
Geekbench - OpenCL 15182 vs 5884
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 40.048 vs 8.274
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 872.651 vs 271.177
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 4.338 vs 1.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 32.378 vs 24.834
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 132.363 vs 70.596
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5953 vs 1734
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3717 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3357 vs 3351
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5953 vs 1734
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3717 vs 2221
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3357 vs 3351

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 8750M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1022
4630
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
200
490
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
5884
15182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
8.274
40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
271.177
872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1.505
4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
24.834
32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
70.596
132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1734
5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1734
5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2221
3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3351
3357
Name AMD Radeon HD 8750M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
PassMark - G3D Mark 1022 4630
PassMark - G2D Mark 200 490
Geekbench - OpenCL 5884 15182
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 8.274 40.048
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 271.177 872.651
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.505 4.338
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 24.834 32.378
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 70.596 132.363
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1734 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 2221 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3351 3357
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1734 5953
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 2221 3717
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3351 3357
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0 809

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 8750M NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Mars GF110
Design AMD Radeon HD 8000M Series
Launch date 26 February 2013 9 November 2010
Place in performance rating 1285 620
Type Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Price now $289.88
Value for money (0-100) 19.21

Technical info

Boost clock speed 775 MHz
Compute units 6
Core clock speed 620 MHz 1544 MHz
Floating-point performance 595.2 gflops 1,581.1 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 384 512
Texture fill rate 18.6 GTexel / s 49.4 billion / sec
Transistor count 1,040 million 3,000 million
CUDA cores 512
Maximum GPU temperature 97 °C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 244 Watt

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs Mini HDMITwo Dual Link DVI, 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI
Audio input for HDMI Internal
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size medium sized
Bus support PCI-E 2.0 x 16
Height 4.376" (111 mm) (11.1 cm)
Length 10.5" (267 mm) (26.7 cm)
SLI options 3-way
Supplementary power connectors One 6-pin and One 8-pin

API support

DirectX 11 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.4 4.2

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1536 MB
Memory bandwidth 64 GB / s 192.4 GB / s
Memory bus width 128 Bit 384 Bit
Memory clock speed 4000 MHz 2004 MHz (4008 data rate)
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0

Technologies

3D Vision
CUDA
DSR
SLI
Surround